Veterans Say War-Related Illnesses Are Overlooked

[chlamor]

Veterans say war-related illnesses are overlooked

By Sandra Mathers | Sentinel Staff Writer
Posted May 8, 2005

He was released from the military in February, with medication for panic attacks and Parkinson's, and expects to return to his inspector's job later this month. And he is seeking civilian medical specialists in Miami.

"The military is not taking care of its soldiers," Grimes said.

Robinson, a veteran of the 1991 Gulf War, wants to change that. His organization based in Silver Spring is working on several pieces of legislation now in Congress to make the military more accountable for soldiers' conditions, including a bill that would require the military to track ill soldiers after their return home.

Pogany said the Army finally dropped all charges against him in December. He was medically retired just three weeks ago. Today, he says, he is jobless and saddled with $25,000 in civilian attorneys' fees.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/orl-locvets08050805may08,1,119442.story?page=2&coll=orl-news-headlines&ctrack=1&cset=true

[struggle4progress]

1. A problem with a long history: ask the remaining atomic vets. eom

[ovidsen]

2. ignorance is bliss

At the risk of being put in the same corner with Harvard's Lawrence Summers, I submit the following, which suggests that women and men suffer differently from combat stress...

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-vets08.html

The article notes that the Pentagon IS gender neutral when it comes to dealing with post combat health issues. It ignores everyone equally.

[HuckleB]

3. a thread worth kickin

[DanCa]

4. These people dont support the troops.

Any more than they are pro life. Earlier this year as part of parkinsons action network I spoke to several congress people about sponsoring a ten percent raise for NETRP bill. The bill stands for Neurotoxin Exposure Research Program. The two repuke congresspeople I spoke to flat out refusted to sign the bill because it is linked to stem cell research. These people who signed against this bill are pigs and not patriots imo.